David Adams Richards Jeffrey Alford John Allemang Lillian Allen Anne

Anglin Kelley Armstrong Margaret Atwood Lloyd Axworthy Nahlah Ayed

Jennifer Baichwal Donovan Bailey Elizabeth Baird Russell Banks Reza

Baraheni Katherine Barber Joan Barfoot James Bartleman Bob Barton

Gary Barwin Michel Basilieres Andrea Beck David Bergen Tzeporah

Berman Wade Berridge Ayanna Black Clark Blaise Giles Blunt Janice

Boddy Jo Ellen Bogart Paulette Bourgeois Randy Boyagoda Joseph

Boyden Dionne Brand Heather Brazier Marc Brown Stephen Brunt Bonnie

Burnard Catherine Bush Sharon Butala George Butterfield Stevie

Cameron Clayborne Carson Maggie Cassella Douglas Chambers James

Chatto Shirly Cheechoo Brenda Clark Eliza Clark Adrienne Clarkson

Stephen Clarkson Karen Connelly Pleasance Crawford Mark Cullen Cyril

Dabydeen Cynthia Dale John Dalla Costa Romeo Dallaire David Davidar

Aubrey Davis Sandra Davis Anthony De Sa Carmit Delman Louise Dennys

Anita Desai Lewis DeSoto Christopher Dewdney Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Jack

Diamond Jill Downie John Doyle Bronwyn Drainie Madelaine Drohan Naomi

Duguid Sarah Elton Ramabai Espinet Musharraf Ali Farooqi Jane Farrow

Tarek Fatah Will Ferguson Joy Fielding Timothy Findley Sheree Fitch

Diane Flacks Charles Foran Richard Ford Honor Ford-Smith Maureen

Foss Sylvia Fraser Lorrie Gallant Dan Gardner Amitav Ghosh Camilla Gibb

Graeme Gibson Catherine Gildiner Don Gilmour Katherine Govier Lee

Gowan Barbara Gowdy Wayne Grady Charlotte Gray Ken Greenberg Linda

Griffiths Sandra Gulland Andrea Gunraj Peter Guralnick Daniel Halpern

Don Hannah Tom Harpur Marjorie Harris Kristen den Hartog Brenda

Hartwell Steven Hayward Steven Heighton Dan Hill Lawrence Hill Ava

Homa Robert Hough Helen Humphreys J Timothy Hunt Nigel Hunt Michael

Ignatieff John Irving Frances Itani Jane Jacobs Sharon Jennings Bill

Jessome Lorraine Johnson William Johnson Wayne Johnston Charlene

Jones George Keyt Rashi Khilnani Thomas King Lauren Kirshner Joy

Kogawa Janice Kulyk Keefer Michael Kusugak Janice Laduke Vincent

Lam Naomi Lazard Colin Lee Dennis Lee Jonathan Lethem Martin Levin

Thank you!

Hosting a reading series is a lot like baking a cake. You need the right mix of tools, ingredients, and patience – or risk going up in smoke. So it’s with no small grain of salt that we are positively thrilled that Kama continues to achieve this delicious mix after 20 years. Thanks to our ingredients – authors, supporters, sponsors, and volunteers – we’ve raised over $2 million over the years to help provide hope and deliver change here at home and overseas.

Some of you have been attending and supporting Kama since it began, you are family and we thank you for keeping Kama alive. We continue to welcome many newcomers to our cause, and we thank each and every one of you for your support.

We are deeply grateful to the over 250 authors who have spoken and lent their names in supporting our cause and organization. Together, we’ve made a real, tangible difference in the lives of thousands of women, children, and their families.

Some Kama sponsors have stood by us for 20 years, and others have joined us over the years to celebrate the pleasure of reading, writing and living with books. We thank our sponsors for their generous support.

Our cake may have turned out well, but it’s only the first layer. Your attendance tonight is our building block for the future. Thank you, and enjoy the show.

— The World Literacy Canada Team

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EvEning Program6:30 pm – Doors open, cocktails & food served

7:00 pm – Readings begin

8:00 pm – Question & Answer Period

8:15 pm – Author book signing

PrisonErJanuary 25Ava HomaJames LoneyMarina Nemat

ElEPhant & nEighbourFebruary 29Randy BoyagodaDavid M. MaloneSyeda Nuzhat Siddiqui

Waging nonviolEncEMarch 28Mary WiensOvide MercrediM. G. Vassanji

imaginEapril 25Tzeporah BermanNahlah AyedJudy Rebick

FictionMay 30 James BartlemanWayne JohnstonRohinton Mistry

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Ava Homa is Canada’s answer to Raymond Carver. Homa announces new beginnings—less irony, more hope—and from a breathtakingly multicultural and international perspective. Readers will experience awe and beauty at the force of Homa’s art to convey female Iranian protagonists wholeheartedly grasping their lives. Rich, dramatic tensions build just beneath the surface—which will surprise and captivate readers.

James Loney is a Canadian peace activist, writer and member of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). Based in Toronto, he has served on violence-reduction teams in Iraq, Palestine and First Nations communities in Canada. In November 2005, he was kidnapped along with the CPT delegation he was leading and held hostage for four months. Loney will read from Captivity, a full-length account of his ordeal.

marina nematAfter the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Marina Nemat was arrested at the age of sixteen and spent more than two years in a political prison in Tehran, where she was tortured and came very close to execution. She came to Canada in 1991 and has called it home ever since. Her memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, is an international bestseller. She recently published her second book, After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed.

PrisonErJanuary 25Ava HomaJames LoneyMarina Nemat

ElEPhant & nEighbourFebruary 29Randy BoyagodaDavid M. MaloneSyeda Nuzhat Siddiqui

Waging nonviolEncEMarch 28Mary WiensOvide MercrediM. G. Vassanji

imaginEapril 25Tzeporah BermanNahlah AyedJudy Rebick

FictionMay 30 James BartlemanWayne JohnstonRohinton Mistry

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Writer, critic, and scholar Randy Boyagoda is a professor of American Studies at Ryerson University. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post. His debut novel, Governor of the Northern Province, was long-listed for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Syeda Nuzhat Siddiqui is the founding director and the president of Writers’ Forum, Toronto, Canada. A poet, writer, educator, and peace missionary; her list of achievements is long. Involved in a number of charities, including WLC, Siddiqui has also worked as the coordinator of UNICEF adult education programs in Sahiwal, Pakistan. Her Urdu poetry has earned her accolades the world over, including the “Angel of Peace”.

David M. Malone was appointed as President of the International Development Research Centre in 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Malone served as Canada’s High Commissioner to India. Currently, he serves as Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law and is a Senior Fellow of Massey College in the University of Toronto. Author of three books, his most recent work is Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy.

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Mary Wiens is an award-winning journalist and producer who can be heard weekdays on CBC Radio One’s # 1 morning show, Metro Morning on 99.1 FM in Toronto. Mary studied journalism at Ryerson University and has been with the CBC for 25 years.

Ovide Mercredi is an Aboriginal Canadian politician, and a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. A noted author, Mercredi is an advocate of non-violent methods for change, and has been nominated by the Government of India for the Gandhi Peace Prize. He is currently serving his first term as the Chief of Misipawistik Cree Nation in Manitoba.

M. G. Vassanji is a celebrated author and prolific award-winner having twice won the Scotiabank Giller Prize; the Governor General’s Prize, the Harbourfront Festival Prize; the Commonwealth First Book Prize, and the Bressani Prize. The Assassin’s Song was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Prize, and India’s Crossword Prize. He is a member of the Order of Canada.

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Tzeporah Berman is a founder of ForestEthics and PowerUp Canada, and is currently Greenpeace International’s Climate and Energy Co-Director, based in Amsterdam. She was the only woman—and one of the youngest experts—in Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary, The 11th Hour. The Royal BC Museum named her one of the 150 people who have changed BC’s history, and the Utne Reader recognized her as one of 50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.

A journalist by trade and activist by nature, Judy Rebick is a leading force for social justice. She is the former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, and lends her considerable expertise to Fair Vote Canada and Alternatives. In the 1990s, Rebick hosted two national TV shows on CBC and continues as a frequent commentator on the airwaves. She is also the founder of rabble.ca, Canada’s most active independent online news and discussion site.

Nahlah Ayed is The National’s correspondent in Montreal, and former Arab world correspondent. She still regularly reports from abroad – most recently from India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among others. Ayed’s work has been recognized through several awards for her print work, two Gemini nominations, and an honorary doctorate degree awarded by the University of Manitoba in 2008 for distinguished achievement.

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James Bartleman is a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation and rose from humble circumstances to become Canada’s first aboriginal ambassador. After a distinguished career of more than thirty-five years in the Canadian diplomatic service, in 2002 he became the first Native Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. He is the author of four bestselling works of non-fiction including the prize-winning memoirs Out of Muskoka and Raisin Wine.

Wayne Johnson was born and raised in the St. John’s area of Newfoundland. His #1 nationally bestselling novels include The Custodian of Paradise, The Navigator of New York, and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. The latter was an international bestseller and will soon be made into a film. Johnston is also the author of an award-winning and bestselling memoir, Baltimore’s Mansion.

Rohinton Mistry’s books include a collection of stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, and three novels, all shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance, and Family Matters. His fiction has won, among other awards, the Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. His work has been published in thirty-one languages.

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MoRe WaYs To giVeContribute to the Teacher’s FundWLC’s Teacher’s Fund will train and mentor 400 young women as teachers, who will in turn provide over 20 000 women and children in their communities with literacy and numeracy skills.

$ 20

Train an athleteWLC organizes an annual women’s kabaddi tournament. Kabaddi is a popular rugby-like Indian sport that is traditionally played only by men. Your donation will help train a woman, encouraging communities to come together in support of women’s empowerment.

$ 50

Supply a classroomProvide chalkboards, notebooks, pencils, art supplies, and teaching aids for an adult literacy or pre-school class of up to 25 women and children.

$ 50

Help a woman start a businessYour gift will provide a loan so a newly literate, trained woman can launch a small business.

$ 100

Send a child to summer campMany of the youth living in Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood have very little mobility and rarely visit other parts of the city. Your gift will help send a child to our Big Day Out excursion camp, allowing them to explore parts of the city beyond their neighbourhood.

$ 230

Educate a childYour sponsorship will cover a child’s tuition, uniform, books, transportation, nutrition, and after-school tutoring for a year.

$ 300

Start a community libraryA gumti (road-side stall) library is the only source of literature for many living in slums and villages. Your donation will purchase and stock a library, and train volunteers to develop it into a community hub.

$ 1000

VolunteerHelp us deliver the best literary programs and events, set up a campus club in your school or university, and find out how you can help spread the message of global citizenship.

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Board oF dirECTorSFreny Mistry, PresidentDr. Atul Tolia, Vice President - Indian Programs David Stover, Vice President - Canadian Programs Doug Shrigley, Treasurer Jamie Zeppa, Secretary Sandra Onufryk, Executive Member at Large John Monger, Executive Member at Large Ray DrostSteve FergusonJasmine Gill Nina Josefowitz Arlene Perly Rae Marguerite PigottKen Setterington

Thank you all authors, sponsors, supporters, interns and volunteers!

James Loney Ann-Marie MacDonald Flora MacDonald Roy MacGregor

Lyman MacInnis Linden MacIntyre Alistair MacLeod Margaret MacMillan

Liam Maguire Anand Mahadevan Rabindranath Maharaj David M. Malone

Irshad Manji Rachel Manley Peter Mansbridge Yann Martel Bruce Mau

Alexander McCall Smith Eric McCormack Peter McFarlane Ken McGoogan

Joe McLellan Linda McQuaig Graeme McQueen Maureen McTeer Gita

Mehta Suketu Mehta Ovide Mercredi Anne Michaels Anthony Minghella

Rohinton Mistry Tolowa Mollel Bernice Morgan Donna Morrisey Sophia

Mustafa Lillian Nattel Marina Nemat Max & Monique Nemni Peter C.

Newman Marc Ngui Stephanie Nolen Bruce Nunn Charles Oberdorf Carol

Off Griffin Ondaatje Michael Ondaatje P.K. Page Neil Pasricha Patricia

Pearson Stephen Post Dawn Promislow Andrew Pyper Betty Quan Paul

Quarrington Jack Rabinovitch Bob Rae Anita Rau Badami Judy Rebick

Michael Redhill Nino Ricci Daniel Richler Mordecai Richler Noah Richler

Kate Rigg Gregor Robinson Lee Robinson Leon Rooke Constance Rooke

Monda Rosenberg Oakland Ross Holley Rubinsky Scott Russell Munir

Saami Itah Sadu Kerri Sakamoto John Ralston Saul Doug Saunders Diane

Schoemperlen Ann Scowcroft Shyam Selvadurai Olive Senior Vikram Seth

April Severin Sandra Shamas Jeff Sharlet Sarah Sheard Nazneen Sheikh

Syeda Nuzhat Siddiqui Steve Smith Sonja Smits Sam Solecki Nancy

Southam Linda Spalding Jim St. Clair John Stackhouse Janice Stein Kathy

Stinson Linda Stitt Forbes Stoodley Cordelia Strube Rosemary Sullivan

David Suzuki Susan Swan Catherine Tambakis Deanne Taylor Drew

Hayden Taylor Kate Taylor Richard Teleky H. Nigel Thomas William J.

Thomas Judith Thompson Miriam Toews Hélène Tremblay Jane Urquhart

Jonathan Vance Lucinda Vardey Erika de Vasconcelos Moyez G. Vassanji

Marq de Villliers Margaret Visser Eleanor Wachtel Ian Wallace Tim Ward

Nalini Warriar Alison Wearing Stephen Westcott Gratton Mary Wiens

Michael Winter Ken Wiwa Owens Wiwa Jan Wong Heather Wood Marnie

Woodrow Richard B. Wright Ronald Wright Tim Wynne-Jones Alissa York

David Young Ed Zeidler Jamie Zeppa Xiaolan Zhao

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